Anti-discrimination, Europeanisation and multilevel policy-making

Abstract

The unfolding of structures of governance in the European Union has taken place by means of formalising interactions--directly and indirectly-- among EU's twenty seven Member-States. These interactions mainly affect policy networks which had been traditionally confined to nation-state policy arenas. An emerging new layer of supranational government and an internal all-round political re-structuring are processes well under way. As a multilevel political and institutional framework, the European Union can be seen as a compound of policy processes. Europeanisation therefore implies that sub-state policies are also shaped by factors that lie beyond the Member-States. The anti-discrimination stance of the European Union can be regarded as a cornerstone of future institutional-building and policy-making. Indeed, non-discrimination is a fundamental principal of EU legal order. ; Peer reviewed